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LG Readies US Smartphone Push with T-Mobile

South Korean handset maker LG Electronics Inc. is making a renewed push into the U.S. smartphone market by teaming up with T-Mobile, in its attempt to regain its long-lost market share in the U.S.

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LG’s Optimus L9

LG, the world’s fifth-largest cellphone maker by shipments, this week released a new Android-based smartphone called Optimus L9. It has a 4.5-inch screen, a speedier dual-core mobile processor and supports fourth-generation wireless technology. The phone runs on Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The phone also features what it calls ‘QTranslator’, which recognizes 44 languages and automatically translates words and phrases into 64 different languages when users place their cameras on them.